Summer baseball, to some kids, carries more weight than the high school season. And a few of those summer leagues are now nearing their postseasons.

The Colorado Coaches League gets underway Wednesday, while Legion ball has its state tournaments dotting the calendar this month and next. (Connie Mack held its state tournaments earlier this month.)

Legion’s top league, A, holds its state tournament Aug. 1-4 in Boulder, with a regional tournament following Aug. 9-13 in Fairfield, Calif. (Legion B has two state tournaments, both July 26-29, separated into North/Metro Denver and Mountain/Eastern playoffs. The state tournaments for Legion C and D are also July 26-29.)

Legion A is split into three divisions, with postseason berths as follows: One team from Division 1, two from Division 2, and four from Division 3.

Fossil Ridge (8-1) looks like it will win Division 1, and Boulder (8-1) leads Division 2, with Fairview (5-3) also likely to get a berth. Meanwhile, all of the teams in Division 3 are still alive: Greeley GoJos (7-2), which combines Greeley-area schools; Rocky Mountain (6-5); Brighton (5-6); Gene Taylor Baseball (4-5), which combines schools on the Western Slope; and the Longmont Twins (4-8), which combines players from around Longmont.

Short stuff:

Local kids Shane O’Neill and Davy Armstrong made their home debuts with the Colorado Rapids last night in a 2-1 win over Swansea City of the English Premier League. It was O’Neill’s first pro game (more on that from BoCoPreps.com) and was Armstrong’s second game overall.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.